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Shira Schoenberg ~ MassLive.com ~
BOSTON - When Cristina Barbuto of Brewster took a job with a marketing firm, she told the company that she used medical marijuana to treat symptoms of Crohn's disease.
Eric Lupher ~ TheDenverChannel.com ~
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The next big marijuana trend may have just hit the ground running in Colorado Springs. Soon, people there will be able to get gas and buy weed.
Matt Helms ~ Detroit Free Press ~
With some medical-marijuana stores in Detroit now offering drive-through purchasing, the city's marketplace for medical pot has spiraled out of control and needs to be regulated, Mayor Mike Duggan said.
Shellie Nelson ~ WQAD.com ~
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, won't be on the list of conditions for which medical marijuana is allowed in Illinois.
Christopher Ingraham ~ Washington Post ~
Teen marijuana use held steady in 2014, the first year that marijuana was legally available for purchase in the states of Washington and Colorado, according to just-released numbers from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Kate Rogers ~ CNBC ~
If there was any doubt about the national momentum on legalized marijuana use in America, consider this. There will be a medicinal marijuana dispensary right off New York City's Union Square come January 2016.
Nisa Donnelly ~ WeedWorthy ~
SACRAMENTO, CA -- In a late-night move and after a more than 20-year wait, California’s legislature is finally poised to regulate the state’s multi-billion-dollar medical marijuana industry.
Katie Lobosco ~ CNN Money ~
For one day and one day only, you can get a 10% discount on recreational marijuana in Colorado. September 16 is a pot tax holiday, thanks to a quirky state law.
Anjali Shastry ~ Washington Times ~
South Carolina voters overwhelmingly say their state’s own medical marijuana law should trump federal enforcement, said a new poll being released Thursday.
Mike Freeman ~ Bleacher Report ~
Current players say marijuana use in the sport is extensive, with many using the drug to deal with the ramifications of head trauma.
Flip Stewart ~ Vice.com ~
A petition on the UK government's website calling for cannabis legalization reached more than 200,000 signatures, meaning the proposal will be debated by the British parliament.
Whit Richardson ~ Portland Press Herald ~
A Passamaquoddy leader says a letter of intent with a Colorado consultant is about hemp production, but that could change, and legal gray areas abound.
Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~
Dispensary CEO Ryan Fox says the unprecedented, one-time tax event means wide-ranging deals that should put patrons at The Grass Station’s two locations in a celebratory mood.
Tyler Carter ~ KSNT.com ~
TOPEKA (KSNT) — A nationwide argument between the veterans’ administration and groups which represent the rights of veterans emerged in Topeka Tuesday.
Kristen Wyatt ~ Associated Press ~
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado's unusual tax law is forcing the state to suspend taxes on recreational marijuana for one day.
Nicola Swanborough ~ Epilepsysociety.org.uk ~
The latest trials of cannabis in the treatment of children with epilepsy suggest a pure form of the drug may be of benefit.
Wendy Koch ~ National Geographic ~
Times are changing for the cannabis cousins. States are legalizing marijuana, and the U.S. is easing its ban on growing hemp. Will a hemp boom follow?
